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"Robi Kihm" <robi_kihm@yebo.co.za> wrote in message news:3bf193f9_2@dnews...
>
> I need to translate an app into Chinese. I see that there are components
> (TsiLang is one of them)
> that will help translate the user interface.
>
> BUT , I need to be able to store chinese characters using BDE into MS SQL
> Server 7.
>
> How would I go about setting this up ?.
>
> It looks as if the VCL (TDBEdit etc) do support entering chinese
characters
> ( I did a copy and
> paste from the win2k character map into a dbedit field on my apps ui , and
> it did display a valid
> chinese character in the dbedit text box) but when I save this record and
> refresh , the chinese character is displayed as a ?. I set up chinese
> language support on win2k and set the locale etc etc to chinese

There are other translation components, and there are also component packs
which are compatible with Unicode. (ElPack from ElDos is one such.)

I think that the safest solution for storing strings in the database will
probably be to translate their form, to and from the storage. One of the
issues you need to verify is support for MBCS in SQL Server.

> Any help would really be appreciated , especially since I do not know
where
> to start !

If My answers are of no help, or if they cover ground you have already
explored, I am sorry, but I am also working to uncover answers to MBCS
issues.

You may wish to explore here:

http://www.delphi-unicode.net/

http://www.efg2.com/Lab/OtherProjects/Unicode.htm

I hope this helps.

Bill